Article: The European Council summit began yesterday afternoon with the Lisbon Treaty top of the agenda.

Article: Arrogant attitude to Irish 'no' vote ; Following the Irish ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 26, 2009 ;     528 words ... ... Irish electorate's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty last summer, I was appalled to hear ... defend in a recent BBC interview the Irish Government's decision to stage a second referendum ... a veto. The contempt shown by the Irish Government towards its electorate's wishes ...

Article: Ireland and the Lisbon treaty: Vote early, vote ...
The Economist (US);  July 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... efforts to salvage the European Union's Lisbon treaty. The Irish government was dismayed when the French president privately ... Lisbon arguments. Much to the relief of the Irish government, he offered no miracle solution to the Lisbon ...

Article: Lisbon Treaty referendum
The Irish Times;  September 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... leaflet on the Lisbon Treaty you accuse that ... circumstances, under the Lisbon Treaty, would an Irish government be obliged to ... do to stop an Irish government having a referendum ... referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is critical to ...

Article: Taoiseach Brian Cowen is ready to move ahead with a second ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  December 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... package, I commit the Irish Government to ratify the Lisbon Treaty," he said. Declan Ganley ... Mr Ganley said: "The Irish Government and the powerful elite ... people in rejecting the Lisbon treaty. They tried this with ...

Article: Ireland to vote again on Lisbon Treaty after ...
Xinhua News Agency;  November 25, 2008 ;     389 words ... ... Ireland to vote again on Lisbon Treaty after negotiations ... European Union (EU)'s Lisbon Treaty in a referendum again, but only after the Irish government conducts careful negotiations ... Irish rejected the Lisbon Treaty in a nationwide referendum ...

Article: EU attacks Cowen for incompetence; (1) Taoiseach Brian Cowen: ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... ratify the Lisbon Treaty. The Vice ... boot into the Irish Government. Alain Lamassoure ... became the Lisbon Treaty. Mr Lamassoure ... mistake for the Irish Government to put the ... referendums on the Lisbon Treaty were heldacross ...

Article: Lisbon Treaty tough sell in Ireland.
UPI Energy Resources;  September 4, 2009 ;     438 words ...The Irish government faces a tough battle getting the Lisbon Treaty ratified in the Oct. 2 referendum, Foreign Affairs Minister Michael Martin said Friday. The latest Irish Times poll indicates ...